LSU senior Kimberlyn Duncan set the NCAA and world’s record of 2013 in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.54, while the Lady Tigers finished second overall at the Southeastern Conference meet.
Duncan won both the 200-meter and 60-meter dashes with her record-breaking time, the fastest by a collegiate athlete since 2008. Duncan was given the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy as the top women’s scorer with 21.5 total points from competition in three events.
The LSU women’s track and field team had a one-point lead over Arkansas in the team standings with two events left in the meet, but the Razorbacks women’s team sealed the team championship in the 1,600-meter relay where Arkansas finished first and LSU finished third.
The Lady Tigers finished the meet with six SEC individual titles and the Tigers took one. Along with the titles, a few Lady Tigers made history in Fayetteville.
Junior Denise Hinton and senior Laura Carleton are the first Lady Tigers to win SEC titles in their events, the weight throw and 5,000-meter run, respectively.
Junior Jasmin Stowers won her third consecutive 60-meter hurdles championship, being only the second to do so since Olympian Lolo Jones won three straight from 2002-04.
Senior Charlene Lipsey beat LSU’s indoor record and took the title in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:02.48 while junior Natoya Goule came in second. The duo owns the top two NCAA times in the event.
Junior Keri Emanuel finished second in the triple jump, and the distance medley relay team also finished second.
On the men’s side, LSU finished No. 5 overall in the team standings. Arkansas dominated the meet, scoring 152.50 to win with Florida taking second place with 117 points.
Sophomore Aaron Ernest won the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.53 seconds.
Senior Damar Forbes finished second in the long jump, and sophomore Andreas Duplantis finished third in the pole vault.
The teams will return to Fayetteville, Ark., in two weeks for the NCAA Championship Meet on March 8-9.